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The Brussels Post, 1954-7-7, Page 6- ANV HIRST - Dear Anne Hirst: bike eo many tine families, my husband's are a grand group who have kept Very Diose to each other. We have always visited them regularly. Lately they seem to have chang- ed toward me, and I don't under - attend It. "His mother confides unpleas- ant things about some Of' them, and repeats little digs they've made about me. I have no doubts She's • discussed my faults (I've get many) and perhaps they are getting even , . , I made the mis- take of telling my husband, Now he doesn't ask me to go to see them. I know he misses going; Is he waiting for me to suggest it?' "If 1 -again saw them often, do you suppose they might treat me as kindly as they used to? Or would you advise staying away? TROUBLED WIFE" ITIS FOLKS ARE YOURS * When a girl marries, she mar- * ries her husband's family • whether she wants to or not. * It is one of her duties to get • along with them—as, I hope, * you have decided to do. * When a man is as devoted * to his people as is your bus- * band, his wife does not dare * be unfriendly, in spite of all * temptation. She has to admire * what virtures they have, and * minimize their faults. Now * that this unhappy situation has * obtained, you must do every- * thing in your power to over- * come it. * Suggest to your husband * that you two resume your at. * customed visits. While you are • in their home, try to forget all * your mother-in-Iaw said. You * do not know her sources, so it * is best to take it for granted * that the others still feel kindly • toward you. In this way you * can win them back, which is * essential to your husband's * peace of mind. If any further * unfortunate comment be made. * overlook it, and let them sense * your good will and kindness * You can do this. I know. * Your letter (which I had to * condense) reveals a sympathetic * and understanding nature that * will stand you in good stead. • Take it for granted from now * on that they still like you. and * play up to the idea. I think * thee cannot heip bet resp,r.d HER FIRST LIPSTICK "Dear Anne Hirst: My 15-.e'ar- old daughter and I are at sirnrd's points because I forbid he: to cse lipstick and powder. She -_..: that all the girls do — tee Fee should see what they letk Week's Sew Thrifty r di„ v+urr;t V.11a1, up 3, 314 lax Ol .;,..51't 11. 4, pal' V'ltk, Ufa' ',,,-N ea Ranee( ens 'igi,- ewe, see the r•hrs.i.,•d eseitie atSi: U. VV). ",+Lt h' P,1 3 , 1l, „ pr a For cent r u!nior' or; 911 o at'r i *. 18?e: e:t:etlt th,,,J •d-1,r",r r-rJr1 F. sh: prd top Mak,, 11 ir, a e:xir, oh, fabric' lee. fee 1,-ereeee St ,;r! Pattern 4708 elle:el, Ma ter ty Sizes 12, 14, 10 13 20. Size le ski, t, 2 yards 35 enchtop with pockets, 3 yards: ?s yard contrast. Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (360) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern. print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, TYLE NUMBER. Send order to Box 1, 213 Eight- eenth St., New Toronto, Ont, "Dor1't you think she ss too, young? I don't mean 10 seem olds fashioned or obstinate, but neither do I want her to look like a clown. TROUBLED." * Since the girls your daugh- * ter goes with use make-up, of * course she wants to, Let her— * and help her choose and use it e properly: * Select a delicate pink, shade * et lipstick and show her how * to apply it lightly. A powder * that blends with skin is easy to * find, and a good hand lotion * Sae serve as a base. * Impress upon her the Impor- * tante of being immaculate; me * powder or lipstick can hide a * neglected skin, Her hair * should be washed regularly and " kept shining by regular brush- " ing. Hands and nails must show care, too. The next thing you * know she will be demanding * nail polish; steer her to the na- tural tones instead of the viol- * ent reds that attract too many * teen-agers. * She will love you for this co- * operation. As for you — your t child is growing up, and if * you're the first to admit it, you * two will be bound by the * strong cord of understanding, One of a wile's initial responsi- bilities is to stay friendly with her in-Iaws, painful as it some- times can be. Overlook their un- pleasant traits. cultivate t h e happy ones, and so keep your husband, and all of them. con- scious of your good will , Anne Hirst will help you to achieve this and other attitudes that will enrich your marriage. Write her at Box 1, 123 Eigh- teenth St., New Toronto. Ont. Bern Eft▪ quette Q. What does a bride to with her engagment ring before the wedding ceremony? A. She can either leave it at home when she departs for the church. or wear it on her right hand. The wedding ring should not be put on above the engage- rr ert ring_ Q. Is it torrect to say, -Mrs. Wilson. have you met Mrs. Johnson: if you are not certain that the two persons are ac- quainted? Q Should the water giasses be filled before the guests are are. sumraan ed to the table for a fun boon 'Zee the ra a e l*,,io ca e the Q. • Hoe Soon after revehing an invitation Pt a large dinner party should one send ,toe * ac- eptianre or regret Netie e to bred a" _ 3. ,. a h :rutting e e 't . t have -n:r 6 - i' ,,ue ts. Q. If a girl, who is to be mar- ried, has no father. brother or male reiative to give her away, • would it be proper for her to ask her fiancee rather to perform this rite? A Thr. z ,., all Q. How far under the table sbould the chairs be pushed, when placing them for dinner? A. The frrr,t '.t the chair mould toerl:er.disular ria?: e t; ms. :,f t1: tahli.. Q. I served some homemade apple pie and toffee atter bridge one evening, and one of our women guests ate only the apple in the pie. leaving the crust.. Don't you think this was rude of i:er? eeee ,at art t rr Q. Is a hot .• r:t.u, etivile;ed to teff he. ,'.' :P_ary Haat she l, alrd esNes and 35 Pio-bright rnalseup" 14 ,i j . t P'!!! 4- *3 '- 9L ',1 .-.-7 ,22' 2422- Q is } at proper for a gest to give her Tiros., it rube for his birthday? tt. iii 1(,.' i,a TeX vol.. is tactor?! propel, Q. What would be appropriate gilts fur t, young man ort his graduation day? 4 r-,.` ;0;L3,"dit pet,, eigatelet C5 f il+,l tet, w'a"sat, a 1.1'113.3. HELPFUL "beset, stanuenp ilex* ;wigs' a•.ked the wealthy mar from the depth* of hit far coat -Moue sir," replied the beg- gar, appealingly. "Cold?" "Frozen, sir." "Ah, now," said the itcb ;Tian, "what you want to do is to jump about a bit" Fires That Stam lBy Themselves. Theist are tnany fires caused by materials that set themselves on fire --- a process known as spon- taneous combustion. In order to set itself on 1it'.e, a material must have a very low kindling Point. In other words, it must burn at a very low temperature. In addition, the process of oxide - tion combining with the oxy. gen In the air — must already be going on. Oily_ rags that are left around in closets or attics often stark fires, The carbon and 'hydro- gen, which are present in the oil, are always ready to unite with the oxygen in the air. A certain amount of these elements in the oil on the rags is al- ways uniting with the air, al- though this process goes on very slowly and does not at first produce any great amount of heat. Rags, however, are not good conductors of heat, and therefore they become hotter and hotter because the heat does not pass off Into the air, Final- ly they become so hot that the kindling point is reached, and they burst into flame. For this reason, oily rags should never be left lying around, Spon- taneous combustion also occurs at times in coal mines where great piles of coal are stacked. Farmers take great care to see that .their hay is thoroughly dry before they stack it. If the hay is moist, a tiny microbe know as Bacillus subtilis, which grows in hay and partly dried grass, multiplies rapidly in the haystacks. This causes heat to be formed which may in time become so intense that the whole haystack will burst into flame. Farmers, therefore, try not to stack the hay too tightly, and to allow passages for the air to pass through in order to carry off some of the heat. Some fires are :torted in dried grass by bottles left on the ground by picnic parties. • The curved glass is believed to act like a burning -glass. and to con- centrate the sun's rays on the dry grass, setting it on fire. This is, however, not real spon- taneous combustion. The dried grass has not set itself on fire, but an outside means, the burn- ing or magnifying glass, has acted very much as a lighted match would, and raised the temperature of the grecs to the kindling point. ' WASTE OF TIME "Weil. Dick, my boy," said hes uncle. "my congratulations' I hear you're engaged to one of the pretty P-obrrs twins. rtatl,-c' rx-t"%ed Dirk, !seer. "But.- said It13+510, "Low oil a :h do y c', n- •tr ga. 'o PA] their. ;art?" ar, said 'r- yene:c mato. "1 :Zoo Parade 654 r �< 6e Cantu WIt *'...TA; vett. :Ai eee fa u, it r.. .. en,r: 1;: r %J t, f+n 1.1* 1 1,1a: ;.'•na+. 141, 13 Era Ke T,oO u B la L i ' 564 ;No i.!r,driv 11as,ter,:, app1iyue pi*.ri•3. ,t• qu,lt. e.: 44 aiiikisa Seed TWENTY FIVE C EN7'S r. wins (vamps cannot be ac- rwpxd, ler thin; yatterr, 10 Box 1, 2e Eighteenth SI, New emutite, sent. Pura ptetnly PATTERN NUMBER. your NAME ant) Al) DRESS, Doret miss 0W Laure Wkieeter 1964 Needlecraft Catalog! 79 Ern• broidery crochet, color -transfer and embroidery patterns to send for -- plus 4 templets patterns ,printed in hook. Send 25 cents for your copy today' Ideas for gifts, bazaar sellers, fashions, easy, Doc--Two-month-old Bob- by ieerdock opens wide for den- tist'gr, ). M. Dollar as he pre- pares to clean a tooth which ar- rived `way ahead of schedule. From Bobby's expression, it seems, he's not any, happier about being in a dentist's chair than are many grownups. NOT SO FOOLISH Whon the Earl of Bradford was questioned by the Lord Chancel- lor in a test of his sanity, he was asked. "How many legs has a sheep F" "Does your lordship refer to a live sheep or a dead sheep?" "It's the same thing," respond- ed the Chancellor, "Olt, no." insisted the earl. "A dead sheep has only two legs. The two forelegs are shoulders, and there are only two legs of mutton." 7HRONICLIEs 1Git. oM1 . �Ilr� P C . ('rto e tnrlte 1 ant quite sure most of Abe farmers :in almost every district across Ontario are feeling very cheerful today. How could they be otherwise after the grand rain we had last Saturday, Which, from all accounts was not just a local rain. Even within twenty-four hours everykind of vegetation seethed to grow a couple of inch- es, It will .make a wonderful dif- ference to the pastures — and the gardens, and the strawber- ries. Strawberries , . are you not hungry for a taste of, good, homegrown Ontario strawber- eies? Imagine being allergic to strawberries as some people are . , . mustn't it be awful? . What queer creatures we are — some of us can't stand this or that while. it makes no difference at all to our neighbour across the road. Take poison ivy for instance — few people are immune to its effects and yet none of our fa- mily has ever been allergic to it. Which is fortunate because 1 walked right through a patch of it the other day. But just let me meet up with a bee, a wasp or a mosquito and It is a different story. That is particularly an- noying to me because I love to tramp through the woods but if I do. even though I smother my- self with citronella, I certainly pay !or my pleasure, Why in- clination and result should be so diametrically opposed Pll never know. Our little humming -bird stay- ed with us most of last week but now it has gone —• probably be- cause the chestnut blossom is withered and brown, But the lovely little merles, the chick- adees and wrens are with us yet, Also a few flies --- but not too many, so far, I keep,a fly -bomb handy andethat discourages them quite a bit the way I use It, No doubt most al you have discov- ereel that Ries no longer succumb to the effect oe DDT. But I have found a way of getting around that little problem. If, for In- stance, Ries become troublesome in the kitchen it is a good Ides to dose the doors and go to work with the Ry -bomb, .rust a light spraying — not enough to hill the flies but sufficient to make' them stupid, Then before' they have recovered from the tempers ary effects of the DDT you can go ey-hunting with a fly swatter. No fly ever yet built up a resis- tance to a well -alined fly -swatter, This. method ,.is considerably cheaper that spraying to kill and it also does away with the naus- eating necessity of living in a fly -poison atmosphere for an un- desirable length of time. For out- side use there is that foul-smell- ing glass jar fly trap that really does a job, If 'any contraption ever lived up to its name, that one does. And while we are on the sub- ject of hot weather devices have 1 you 'ever discovered the many uses to which insulating . mater- ial, can be used, especially for families lacking a refrigerator or ice -box. I mean the kind of in- sulating material that comes in batts. If you have any odd pieces around the house, don't throw if away. If you haven't any, it might pay you to buy some. Here is what you do. Get an empty carton -- the kind the grocer uses to pack up your weekly order, Line it with several layers of newspaper. Now take pieces from your' insulating batt, lay them fiat inside brown paper bags. You will need six or more of these pads, one for ,eacla side of the box, and one or two for the top and bottom the more you use the better the job. Now you have a homemade. refrigerator in which you San put your butter, preferably on a briek, quart jars of milk, ice- cream bricks, or anything else that needs to be kept cold —, and that has been previously chilled, otherwise it is useless, While you axe at it you might as well make two of these contraptions a smaller one to take to town 10 take care of that lee -cream brick you intend bringing home fox supper and a larger one for permanent use et home, or for taking on a picnic, as the insula- tion is just as good for keeping things hot as for keeping them cold, No need to have luke-warm tea or 'half -melted ice -ream at your picnic if you have a couple of these insulated containers along with you. But don't forget insulating baits are dirty things to handle, If you care to take 'the time it would' be far better to do a good job while you are at it and use old pieces of cotton to cover the batting. That way your pads will last indefinitely. So now we have the family looked after, how ?about the dogs? Short -haired dogs are easily looked after by ordinary groom- ing. But a long haired dog . , surely nothing could please him better. than to have some of his fur- clipped away, Honey. our little cocker spaniel, is of the bread that has lots of 'feathers' around his feet and legs — which is exactly right for a show dog. But we consider comfort betfore looks for Honey, so yesterday 1 went to work with the scissors and gave her a real brush -cut ap- pearance. I am sure she is much happier as a result. Tippy has to be satisfied with grooming, which is about all she needs any- way — except for her bushy tail. it a hos Piece eeeea°, 5l c agLess Di it+ew°SICK Ce\ledion' i e enp[mDas fieF °Int' of iha' a° tier ao,. lattratO nOtlo hem oil P° ,� o is sholet t �Aaf..wt 22 Cities travel 12la illy friends 30'0A0 irides for Canada. t'osSEltvATORERoh7AN0, eene. ere: A WONDERFUL LESSON IN GOODWILL WHICH WE MUST NOT MISS. 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